Site Carpentry Apprenticeship

About the course

This apprenticeship is suitable for you if you want to start a career or develop your existing skills in Site Carpentry. As a site carpentry apprentice your will develop your practical hand skills and technical knowledge required to work in the construction industry as a professional and competent site carpenter.

Suitable job roles

Site Carpenter

Carpenter

Shuttering Carpenter

Maintenance Carpenter

What you will learn

Site carpentry apprentices’ work will fall in to one of the following various categories including

First fixing

Second fixing

Formwork

Bench joinery

Machining

Shop fitting

Site work and formwork will involve working outdoors in all weathers, up ladders and on scaffolding.

Learning style

As an apprentice you can expect to undertake work based learning with an employer and to be paid a wage. The apprenticeship will include an NVQ diploma, functional skills and knowledge based element or technical certificate.

Facilities

Entry requirements

No previous qualifications are required and a full assessment will take place to ensure you have the skills to complete the qualification. Those wishing to progress onto an advanced apprenticeship will require GCSEs A*-C/9-4 in English and maths (or equivalent) or demonstrate, through the assessment process, that you are able to achieve this.

Note - You will be required to attend an interview at the College prior to enrolling onto an apprenticeship.

Dates, times & fees

Start Date

Course Times

Duration

Campus

Fees

10/01/18

2 years

Main

11/09/18

2 years

Main

Additional information

You will attend college on block release to ensure you get the support you need to succeed. The rest of the training will take place in the workplace with in-house training by the employer and an assessor who will visit you on site.